Omaha daily bee., 1887-01-03
THE LIME KILN CLUB.
The Members Enlightened on Several
lntcrcRtinr Subjects.

! 1hc McmbcrS enlightened on several
Interesting Subjects.
Detroit Free Press: Mr.. johnson was
the first speaker He said that the cur
rcncy was exciting much interest, and he
would take that tor his subject "W hat
am Currency?" he inquired as he tocd
the scratch and looked up and down the
nall IF you hev money you hev cur
reucy. If you am dead broke, den you
| haven't any currency. II am called cur
rency because it floats from hand to hand.
If some of you should lend me dollar,
dat would be currency, because it would
| float If had all de money in dc world
| locked up and wouldn't pay out any, we
| shouldn't hev any currency. Probably
| dat time will never arovc, though you
cant tell what may happen.
You has probably heard about de vol
umc of currency? Dat means de amount
| OF money out. hev no doubt dat some
of you sometimes hev as much rs $3 in
| your pocket. Dat signifies dat de vol
umo am rushing along like de current of
| q great riber, sweeping hen roosts, rail
fences an hoss barns befo it wild ire
,, sistible fo'ce.. Den agin you am down to
two bits an de ole woman holerin' fur q
new kalikcr dress and de chile wecpln'
| fur shoes. Dat means dat de volume of
| currency has been contracted, an dc
| grocer han'J gwine to trus' you fur cod
fish much longer.
obs subjick of currency shonld be
| giben deep thought Lots of folks go
| sloshin' around widout ebcn rctectin'
on why dey didn't make 500 gold pieces
| dollar greenback dat Waydown Bebec
has kindly loaned me for dc occashun.
1t am but plecc of paper. Why can't
| you cut piece out of a paper bag and
pass it off for dollar? Why isn't dc
half of a noospaper as valuable as 800
| bill? Why am Il hunk of gold any more
| valuable dan hunk of lead? A nicklc
am twice as big as n dime but it am
worth only half as much. Why? Slch
am few of de questions you should pom
| der over an post up on, an dc turder
you enter de subick de more pleased
| you will be. Wid desc few remarks |
will resume my seat"
81 has bin aXcd to dclher brief ad-
dress on natural philosophy" said Hon.
| Smith, as he advanced to the edge of the
| platform. Natural philosopy am sum-
| thin dat am goin' on all around US day
an night but not mo- dan one pus-
son in u millyun cber stops to think
of it. Elder Toots, fur instance gifts
| ready TO soak his feet befo' goin' to bed.
| He pulls off his socks an drops one of
his bic feet into de dsh-pan. Woosh
| cut dc water am bilin hot. What made
| it SO? De fiah. What makes de fiah?
| DE ole woman brings III Il pail of cold
water an keeps pourin' in Till the cider
can SIT dar wild his hoofs immersed an
taks solid comfort Why did she
dc hot, of course, but she hasn't
the least idea why or how it comes
about Why shouldn't hot water make
cold water hot? De elder has seen dat
tiah heats water, but he doan't know
why. He knows dat water soaks up de
knots on his hoofs much faster dan cold,
but why should it?
You sot hcah III q blaze of glory
caused by sebentcen Kerosene lamps
ahght. Why does de lie burn? What
cauScs de wick TO take up dc lie? What
am de occas5un for a chimney on n
lamp? Why dOan' desc lamps cause
dsrkness instead of lightness? Desc
thoughts hev nebber occurred to you.
You see q stone roll down hill instead of
up, but you ncbor ask yerselyos why dis
am so. If it rolled mp you'd be just rs
well satisfied.
Samuel Shin has jist lowered an alley
windor. What fur. DE room am too
| hot, an experience teaches him dat dc
| He can't tell you. Samuel knows dat de
warm air goes to de top Of de room, but
why it does he has ncbber stopped to
! think. Natural philosophy am subiick
| dat kin be studied wild pleasure an profit,
an hope dat by my mex visit TO dis
| beautiful city each an ebory one OF you
| may be prepare q to tell me why boy
| strikes de ground when he jumps off de
| kitchen roof misleading of stayin' up in
| de air until his faddcr pulls him down by
what am astronomyYn asked Profcs-
| sor Green rs he came forward. Some
of you may think that astronomy has
| sunthin' to do wld railroads en- steam
| boats, but such am not de case. We hey
| il wild us as we walk around By day, an
1t ncbber runs away when we lay down at
night. Astronomy am de sky, moon, sun,
| stars an sich. Dar' was q time when no.
| body knowcd dat dis world rcvolved
around. Everybody s'posed it was
great big hunk of sunthin' dumped down
time bcfo' anybody knowed dat de world
| had an axis TO rcyolVe on, A good many
| folks felt sorry for it, an most eberybOdy
! would hdv Clipped in to buy an axis an
| present it TO her. Ii was a good while
! arter dat bofo' any one dlskivered dat de
| world moved around de sun. Dey saw
dc .snn ri2 in dc east an sot in de west,
an dey lowed dat it moved
"De study of astronomy am sunthin'
dat de Guild man ortcr be at day an
| night. In ann like sweet buttermiik-
can't git too much of il. " hen you has
come to know aal dc moon am inhabited
| by a race of people 'lcycn feet high an
hevin' three eycs--dat de smallest. star
am rs big as de city hall--dat each end
of de rainbow rests on gold mine
when you come 10 git astronomy right
down whar' you kin pick out Mars an
| Saturn an Goliah an Sampson AN Lots
wife, you won't keer 2ccnts whether your
| rent am paid or not.
II hev wild me few pamphlets on de
subjck of astronomy, an arter dc
meeLin' adiourns de same can be he'd of
OF inc Mt 25 cents each--no trust"
The meeting then adjourned TO give the
visitors opportunities to make personal
acquaintauoes, and when our reporter
Withdrew Naydown Beebe was still
looking for the dollar he had loaned Mr..
Johnson 10 illustrate the currency ques'